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Volume 19, Number 16
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Virginia Commonwealth University
A Publication for Faculty and Staff on the University's Academic and Medical College of Virginia Campuses
Bridging the University's Past and Its Future
By Elaine Jones '84
On Saturday, April 6, 1991, Dr,
French H. Moore, Jr. '60, rector of the
University's Board of Visitors, formally
invested Dr. Eugene P. Trani as VCU
president. Technically, that's what inau­guration
is for; but, as Trani said in his
introductory remarks, "Inauguration
means more than the formal installation
of the new president. It serves as a bridge
between the institution ' s past and its
future-a recognition of its enduring and
evolving contribution." (The text of the
president's speech is reprinted on page 4.)
Greetings from representatives of
YCU's students, faculty, staff, and alumni
and from the city and the state focused on
the achievements at the University in the
last year that build on a strong past and
can work toward a future of VCU
"becoming a role model of the urban uni­versity"-
the president 's theme since his
arrival last July, which many reiterated on
April 6.
An editorial in Saturday 'S Richmond
Times-Dispatch referred to VCU's inau­guration
as a "simple ceremony." Early in
the planning stages, the inauguration
Inside This Issue
Wilder Calls
for-Campus
Enforcement,
Page 2
Assessment in
the University,
Page 8
Eugene P. Trani is Inaugurated
committee had decided to keep inaugura­tion
scaled down. According to Frederick
B. Wayne, director of special projects in
University Relations, private dollars were
earmarked to pay for the ceremony and
the reception. At a time when the
University is facing a budget crisis, how­ever,
sensitivity to costs guided the com­mittee's
planning of the event.
Not surprisingly, the budget was on
the minds of the participants that day.
They sought, however, to see beyond the
crisis of the moment. Dr. Robert
Holsworth , president of the Faculty
Senate, said the budget situation was not
just about dollars but about the future
structure of the VCU community. And,
according to many speakers, that structure
is founded on one of VCU's defining
characteristics: "the stre ngth of VCU is
its diversity," said the rector in opening
the ceremony, starting a thematic thread
that representatives would pick lip time
and again in their greetings. '
Katharine S. Rosemond. senior assis­tant
in the Office of the Vice President for
Health Sciences, offered one of the more
poignant reminders of the kind of diversi­ty
to be found on a campus like VCU's.
The University, she said, is a place where
"artists, health professionals, and human­ists
rub shoulders."
Robert Greene, immed iate past presi­dent
of the VCU Student Government
Continued 0 1/ page 7
The Light Touch
Speakers for VCU's inaugurat ion were
not without a sense of humor. A
sampling:
" 'Money isn't all that important actual·
ly. But it does help (0 settle my nenes.· ,.
-Secretary James Dyke quoting
the great boxer Joe Louis, as Dyke sym­pathized
with state leaders and university
presidents who continue to slruggle with
the budget crisis.
Continued 011 page 7
Board of Visitors' Rector, French Moore (right), presents President Eugene P. Trani with the pres identi al medallion.
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Volume 19, Number 16
\I/~
VC.U
3/T -51/
I cr -,
Virginia Commonwealth University
A Publication for Faculty and Staff on the University's Academic and Medical College of Virginia Campuses
Bridging the University's Past and Its Future
By Elaine Jones '84
On Saturday, April 6, 1991, Dr,
French H. Moore, Jr. '60, rector of the
University's Board of Visitors, formally
invested Dr. Eugene P. Trani as VCU
president. Technically, that's what inau­guration
is for; but, as Trani said in his
introductory remarks, "Inauguration
means more than the formal installation
of the new president. It serves as a bridge
between the institution ' s past and its
future-a recognition of its enduring and
evolving contribution." (The text of the
president's speech is reprinted on page 4.)
Greetings from representatives of
YCU's students, faculty, staff, and alumni
and from the city and the state focused on
the achievements at the University in the
last year that build on a strong past and
can work toward a future of VCU
"becoming a role model of the urban uni­versity"-
the president 's theme since his
arrival last July, which many reiterated on
April 6.
An editorial in Saturday 'S Richmond
Times-Dispatch referred to VCU's inau­guration
as a "simple ceremony." Early in
the planning stages, the inauguration
Inside This Issue
Wilder Calls
for-Campus
Enforcement,
Page 2
Assessment in
the University,
Page 8
Eugene P. Trani is Inaugurated
committee had decided to keep inaugura­tion
scaled down. According to Frederick
B. Wayne, director of special projects in
University Relations, private dollars were
earmarked to pay for the ceremony and
the reception. At a time when the
University is facing a budget crisis, how­ever,
sensitivity to costs guided the com­mittee's
planning of the event.
Not surprisingly, the budget was on
the minds of the participants that day.
They sought, however, to see beyond the
crisis of the moment. Dr. Robert
Holsworth , president of the Faculty
Senate, said the budget situation was not
just about dollars but about the future
structure of the VCU community. And,
according to many speakers, that structure
is founded on one of VCU's defining
characteristics: "the stre ngth of VCU is
its diversity" said the rector in opening
the ceremony, starting a thematic thread
that representatives would pick lip time
and again in their greetings. '
Katharine S. Rosemond. senior assis­tant
in the Office of the Vice President for
Health Sciences, offered one of the more
poignant reminders of the kind of diversi­ty
to be found on a campus like VCU's.
The University, she said, is a place where
"artists, health professionals, and human­ists
rub shoulders."
Robert Greene, immed iate past presi­dent
of the VCU Student Government
Continued 0 1/ page 7
The Light Touch
Speakers for VCU's inaugurat ion were
not without a sense of humor. A
sampling:
" 'Money isn't all that important actual·
ly. But it does help (0 settle my nenes.· ,.
-Secretary James Dyke quoting
the great boxer Joe Louis, as Dyke sym­pathized
with state leaders and university
presidents who continue to slruggle with
the budget crisis.
Continued 011 page 7
Board of Visitors' Rector, French Moore (right), presents President Eugene P. Trani with the pres identi al medallion.
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